Anyway. She seems to have a boyfriend after all. She told me this, when I asked her out.
Well more props to you for asking her out.
Did you tell her you were just friends? That would have deflected any bf talk
but here is a little thing about her saying she has a bf from the book:
When a woman says the words, "I have a boyfriend," nine times out of ten what she is really saying is, 'You just telegraphed too much interest."
It has nothing to do with whether she actually has a boyfriend. In fact, if she is attracted to you, she will often deliberately hide the boyfriend from you until after you have had sex with her.
Whether she mentions him or not in no way proves that he actually exists – only that she had a motive to mention him.
Some reasons why women might say they have a boyfriend:
1) She doesn't have a boyfriend, she's just saying that because she's not attracted to you.
2) She does have a boyfriend and given her current options, she has chosen to stick with that relationship.
3) She does have a boyfriend, but she is willing to sleep with you: and she just wants to make sure that you understand her situation first. She wants discretion and understanding. And though she might be available to you for sex. she's not immediately available for any more of a commitment.
4) She does have a boyfriend, she is willing to cheat on him (they usually are if your game is tight), but she doesn't want to feel guilty about it. This is her rationalization process at work. As long as she mentions the boyfriend before sleeping with you, she can rationalize to herself that it was "your
fault." Sure, she might regret it later but that won't stop her from cheating.
5) She doesn't have a boyfriend, she is attracted to you; she just doesn't want to look like a loser who can't get a man. Most hot women have orbiters anyway: nice guys who pose as her friend but secretly want to sleep with her. Since the word "boyfriend" can have so many different meanings, she is thinking of one of her orbiters as a "place-keeper'" when she makes this statement.
The bottom line is, don't ask about her boyfriend, and don't be fazed if she mentions him. Just take it as a hint that you probably telegraphed too much interest too soon, and then continue gaming as normal.